‫كلية العلوم بالوادي الجديد‬
‫قسم علم الحيوان والحشرات‬
Curriculum Vitae
Personal information:
Name:
Ahmed Sayed Ahmed Harabawy
Date & Place of Birth:
July 5,1964, New Valley, Egypt
Sex:
Male
Citizenship at birth:
Egyptian
Present Citizenship:
Egyptian
Marital status
Married
Mother language knowledge
Arabic
Other language knowledge
English
Computer skills
Excellent
Present position:
Associated Professor of Fish Biology
Address:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science,
Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Currently: Chairman of Zoology Department,
Faculty of Science, New Valley branch, Assiut
University, Egypt.
TEL. 002 092 7930770 (Home)
FAX. 002 092 7937576
Mobile: +201066763600
E-mail: Harabawy2005@ yahoo.com
Academic Qualifications:
Ph.D. Zoology (Fish Biology), Assiut University, Egypt, Apr. 2002.
M. Sc. Zoology (Fish Biology), Assiut University, Egypt, 1993.
B. Sc. Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt, July 1987.
B. Sc. Zoology
Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt, June 2004.
M. Sc. Zoology Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University,
Egypt, September 1993.
(Fish Biology)
M. Sc. Thesis Title:
“Biological, Biometric and Electrophoretic Studies on two
Bagarid Fishes Bagrus bayad (Forskal, 1775) and Bagrus
docmac (Forskal, 1775) from the Nile at Assiut, Egypt”
Ph.D. Zoology
(Fish Biology)
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University,
Egypt, October 2011.
Ph.D. Thesis Title:
“Biological and taxonomic studies on some fish species of
the Genus Lethrinus (Family Lethrinidae) from the Red Sea,
Egypt and the Genus Abramis (Family Cyprinidae) from the
Baltic drainage”
Academic Position:
 September 2014 up till now. Assistant Professor of Zoology (Fish Biology),
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, New valley branch, Assiut University,
Assiut, Egypt.
 13th August 2014 to 31th August: Assistant Professor of Zoology (Fish Biology),
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
 September, 2010 to August 2014: Assistant Professor of Vertebrates (Fish Biology),
Biology Department, Faculty of Science, North Jeddah, King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Now: Jeddah University).
 September, 2004 to June 2010: Assistant Professor of Vertebrates (Fish Biology),
Science and Mathematics Department, Faculty of Education, King Abdulaziz
University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 2003, to August 2004: Lecturer in Zoology branch, Science and math Department,
Faculty of Education, New Valley-branch of Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
 April 2002, to 2003: Lecturer of Zoology (Fish Biology), Zoology Department,
Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
 September, 1993 to April 2002: Assistant lecturer of Zoology, Zoology Department,
Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
 December, 1987 to September, 1993: Demonstrator of Zoology, Zoology
Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt.
Work Experience:
 Teaching work
Teaching of the following courses in the faculties of Science, Education, Pharmacy,
Agriculture and Veterinary medicine in Assiut University and New valley-branch of
Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; King Abdulaziz University and Jeddah University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Fish Biology
- Fish Physiology and Water Pollution
- General Zoology
- Chordates and Vertebrates
- Comparative anatomy of Vertebrates
- Cytology and Histology
- Embryology
- Invertebrates
- Taxonomy
 Management work
Currently: Chairman of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley branch,
Assiut University, Egypt. (9th of November 2014 up till now).
Research:
1)- Yoakim, E.G.; Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Mahmoud, U.M. and Harabawy, A.S.A. (1993): A
study of certain biological aspects of Bagrus docmac (Forskal, 1775) from the Nile at
Assiut, Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ., 22 (2-E): 25-43.
2)- Yoakim, E.G.; Mahmoud, U. M.; Mekkawy, I.A.A. and Harabawy, A.S.A. (1993):
Some biological characteristics of Bagrus bayad (Forskal,1778) from the Nile at
Assiut, Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ., 22 (2-E): 1-24.
3)- Yoakim, E.G.; Mahmoud, U.M.; Mekkawy, I.A.A. and Harabawy, A.S.A. (1993):
Electrophoretic study on blood serum, eye lens and muscle proteins of Bagrus bayad
(Forskal,1775) and Bagrus docmac (Forskal, 1775) (Teleostei, Bagridae) from the
Nile at Assiut, Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ.,22(1-E): 63-85.
4)- Yoakim, E.G.; Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U. M. and Harabawy, A.S.A. (1993):
Electrophoretic study of intra- and inter-specific isozyme variations of Bagrus bayad
(Forskal, 1775) and Bagrus domac (Forskal , 1775) (Teleostei , Bagridae) from the
Nile at Assiut, Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ.,22(1-E): 43-62.
5)- Dizer, H.; Fischer, B.; Harabawy, A.S.A.; Hennion, M.-C. and Hansen, P.-D.(2001):
Toxicity of domoic acid in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis. Aquatic
Toxicology
55: 149–156.
6)- Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U.M; Harabawy, A.S.A. (2003): Identification of four
Labeo fish species from the Nile, Egypt by their scale characteristics and scanning
electron microscopy. J. Union Arab Biol. Cairo, 19(A): Zoology, 81-104.
7)- Mahmoud, U.M; Mekkawy, I.A.A; Harabawy, A.S.A. (2005): Scale characteristics of
seven species of genus Lethrinus (Family Lethrinidae) from the Red Sea, Egypt.
Egypt. J. Zool., 44:545-580.
8)- Mekkawy, I.A.A.; Mahmoud, U.M; Harabawy, A.S.A. (2005): Biology, fisheries and
population dynamics of three species of genus Lethrinus (Family Lethrinidae) from
the Red Sea, Egypt. . J. Egypt Ger. Soc. Zool., 46B: 203-246.
9)- Al-Jahdali M. O. and Harabawy A. S. A. (2006): Structure and function of the testis,
testicular gland and the spermatic duct of Alticus kirkii (Pisces: Family Blenniidae). J.
Egypt. Soc. Biotech. Environ. Sci., 8(A): 77-94.
10)- Harabawy, A. S. A.; Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Mahmoud, U. M. (2007): A comparative
study of scale characteristics and their functional morphology of four goatfishes
(Family Mullidae) from the Red Sea. J. Egypt. Soc. Biotech. Environ. Sci., 9(A): 123163.
11)- Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Harabawy, A. S. A.; Adam, E. A. and Ibrahim, M. A. (2007):
Biological studies and population dynamics of the bony fish Alestes dentex (Linnaeus,
1758) (Family Alestiidae) from Lake Nasser, Egypt. J. Egypt. Soc. Biotech. Environ.
Sci., 9(A): 165-202.
12)- Harabawy, A.S.A. (2007): A histological study of asynchronous ovary of Alticus
kirkii (Pisces: Blenniidae) with emphasis on oogenesis, reproductive strategy and egg
envelopes. J. Egypt. Soc. Biotech. Environ. Sci., 10(A): 163-190.
13)- Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Harabawy, A. S. A.; Adam, E. A. and Ibrahim, M. A. (2007):
Biology and population dynamics of Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) (Family
Centropomidae) from Lake Nasser, Egypt. J. Egypt. Soc. Biotech. Environ. Sci.,
10(A): 191-234.
14)- Khidr, B. M.; Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Harabawy A. S. A. and Abdel Salam M.I. Ohaida
(2008): Effect of separate and combined lead and selenium on the liver of the cichlid
fish Oreeochromis niloticus: Ultrastructural Study. Egypt. J. Zool., 50: 89-119.
15)- Harabawy, A. S. A.; Mekkawy, I. A. A.; Mahmoud, U. M.; Abdel-Rahman, G. H.;
Khidr, B. M. (2008): Surface architecture of the oropharyngeal cavity and the digestive
tract of Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) and Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
(Teleostei) from the Nile River: a scanning electron microscope study. J. Egypt Ger.
Soc. Zool., 56(C): 171-198.
16)- Imam A.A. Mekkawy and Ahmed S.A. Harabawy (2010): Osteometric study on two
bagrid fishes, Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775) and Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775)
from the Nile, Egypt. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool., 60(B): 37 - 63.
17)- Alaa G.M. Osman, Rana M. Al-Awadhi, Ahmed S.A. Harabawy and Usama M.
Mahmoud (2010): Evaluation of the Use of Protein Electrophoresis of the African
Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) for Biomonitoring Aquatic Pollution.
Environmental Research Journal, 4(3):235 - 243.
18)- Alaa G.M. Osman and Ahmed S.A. Harabawy (2010): Hematotoxic and Genotoxic
potential of ultraviolet–A radiation on the African catfish Clarias gariepinus
(Burchell, 1822). Journal of Fisheries International, 5 (3): 44 - 53.
19)- Ahmed S.A. Harabawy and Imam A.A. Mekkawy ( 2011): Skin Characteristics and
Organization of the Air-breathing Fish, Alticus kirkii (Günther, 1868) along Different
Body Regions. Journal of Biological Sciences, 11(8): 466-474.
20)- Ahmed S. A. Harabawy; Imam A. A. Mekkawy and Ali Alkaladi (2012):
Identification of three fish species of genus Plectorhynchus from the Red Sea by their
scale characteristics. Life Sci. J., 9(4):4472-4485.
21)- Bothaina M. Khidr; Imam A.A. Mekkawy; Ahmed S.A. Harabawy and Abdel Salam
M.I. Ohaida (2012): Effect of Lead Nitrate on the Liver of the Cichlid Fish
(Oreochromis niloticus): A Light Microscope Study. Pakistan Journal of Biological
Sciences, 15(18): 854-862.
22)- Ali Alkaladi; Ahmed S.A. Harabawy and Imam A.A. Mekkawy (2013): Scale
Characteristics of Two Fish Species, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) and
Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) from the Red Sea at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16(8): 362-371.
23)- Harabawy, A.S.A. and Ibrahim, A.Th.A. (2014): Sublethal toxicity of carbofuran
pesticide on the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822): Hematological,
biochemical and cytogenetic response. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 103,
61– 67.
24)- Harabawy, A.S.A. and Mosleh, Y.Y. (2014): The role of vitamins A, C, E and
selenium as antioxidants against genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of cadmium, copper,
lead and zinc on erythrocytes of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. Ecotoxicology
and Environmental Safety, 104, 28–35.
25)- Ibrahim, A.Th.A. and Harabawy, A.S.A. (2014): Sublethal toxicity of carbofuran on
the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: Hormonal, enzymatic and antioxidant
responses. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 106:33-39.